In brief: German-style holiday market in San Elizario

The San Elizario Historic Art District will have its first ChristKindleMarket this weekend.

The German-style holiday market will feature more than 20 vendors from art galleries, studios, gift shops and restaurants in the historic district. The market will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday under the big top on Main Street in San Elizario.

Information: 851-0093 and 851-6012

San Eli High honored for college readiness

The Texas ACT Council recently recognized San Elizario High School with its "2011 College Readiness Award" for increasing the number of students taking the ACT assessment test for the last five years and significantly increasing their level of achievement and college readiness.

San Elizario High School was among only 10 percent of all high schools in Texas to receive the honor from the state organization, which comprises secondary and postsecondary educators.

San Elizario was among five schools in the El Paso area to be recognized.

Collector to displayhistorical postcards

To commemorate the 352nd anniversary of El Paso del Norte, postcard collector Refugio Hernandez will display 100 of his postcards Saturday at the Ysleta Branch Library in the Lower Valley.

El Paso del Norte, or Juárez, was founded on Dec. 8, 1659, by Spanish explorers.

The postcards will be on display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the library, 9321 Alameda.

Over the years, Hernandez has collected hundreds of cards, all featuring pictures of Juárez and El Paso.

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Among his oldest postcards is one from 1910 that shows the Mexican customs building, or the Aduana Fronteriza, at the corner of 16 de Septiembre and Avenida Juárez, which was later turned into a museum.

Images of the Juárez racetrack, Mexican bullfights, and the Paso del Norte and Stanton Street bridges are his collection's most popular subjects.